Hello this is my first time in Server Fault so I wish people are as accommodating here as in Stack Overflow.
So.. Heres the thing. I need to install SQL Server 2008 Express 32 Bit on a Windows XP environment.
I have already downloaded the installers but when i tried to run the setup it prompt that it needed a .net framework 4.5 installed in the pc.
Here is the exact error message:
Blocking Issues: The .Net Framework 4.5 is not supported on this
operating system.
Which is weird since I have seen tutorials on installing SQL Server 2008 in XP.
Anyone please push me in the right direction? Any help would be appreciated.
UPDATE:
Ok so I forgot to mention that I need MS Sql Management studio as well…i always thinks this is pre bundled so i didnt note it out. Anyway the accepted answer led me to this link
MS SQL MANAGEMENT STUDIO DOWNLOAD
Thanks Mark 🙂
Best Answer
There is no .NET 4.5 requirement for SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 pre-dates .NET 4.5 by quite a few years. Additionally, I have many SQL Server 2008 R2 installations that do not have this requirement.
I suspect you are not actually installing SQL Server 2008. Where did you get the installers from? What was their download links? The correct download link is: http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=1695 - as you can see it was published in 2009, which predates .NET 4.5